Just found out that "Damages" became a DirecTV exclusive showing on their AUDIENCE Network™ last year. First episode of Season 5 was last night. Am I the only member of the TCF who watched the first three seasons of this show and didn't know about this already?

Thus the phrase "last year" in my initial post. And "first three seasons"

Also, you didn't answer my question - am I the last "Damages" viewer on the TCF to know?

Depends on definitions.

I watched the first season, and at least some of the second one, or maybe even all of it and some of the third, but got lost somewhere along the way, and quit trying to keep up, so I'm just now finding out that it's still being produced.

but the same thing happened last year so your wife wasn't following the show then.

If you mean by "following the show" that she didn't investigate why a new season didn't air then I guess you are right. But I'm sure like most people who were watching the show she just assumed either the show got canceled or was on hiatus.

It's pretty rare that a show moves from a basic cable channel to a content provider specific channel.